Deli meat?

buppydups10 · October 2014

Hi all, I know that we are to stay away from deli meats because of the temperature but here's my question. When I was at the dr for my 8wk apt, she said stay away from anything from the deli slicer - who knows what could be lingering around. So does cheese count? Like for grilled cheese and bacon egg and cheese?
I realize I could be totally going way overboard lol but better to be safe than sorry!

lizrn1975 · October 2014

It's Listeria that can be found in deli meats; if it's in a meat and cut on a slicer that everything gets cut on, contamination can occur. As long as it's heated, you're fine.

tinyjoys · October 2014

I worked at a deli years ago & I feel completely safe buying meats and cheeses from there. The slicers are taken apart & sterilized multiple times a day & most delis have a slicer specifically for cheese.

coastlinemama · October 2014

I just warm it up first and I'm good to go!

coastlinemama · October 2014

oh and regular cheese is totally fine, just no feta or weird ones lol

Pintobean39 · October 2014

coastlinemama said:
oh and regular cheese is totally fine, just no feta or weird ones lol

You can have any cheese as long as it's pasteurized. It will be very hard to find unpasteurized cheese in the US.

brielise414 · October 2014

My dr. Didn't seem concerned about lunch meat. She said they technically want you to heat it up but she's not concerned with it. I have very few things I can eat right now, especially meat wise, and lunch meat is one of them. With my rapid decline in weight I eat what I can.

danileemcmillen · October 2014

I ate deli meat with my son and I'm eating it again. I asked the dr and she said a place like subway is safe because their stock is constantly being sold and replenished but a mom and pop deli where the meat is hanging from the ceiling is probably where you'll run into Listeria.

ambarnett1 · October 2014

I eat it all and i'm alive and so is my almost 6 month old. I'm sure you'll be fine. Just take normal precautions to make sure your food is safe and you shouldn't worry.

sabett · October 2014

I don't usually eat a lot of deli meat anyway, but if the occasion arises, I won't avoid it, especially if I know it's from a clean source and has been kept cold. It looks like, based on the research I've seen, most Listeria outbreaks are pretty random. The most common source is unpasteurized queso fresco (17% of cases).

Honeydewchestnut · October 2014

You're way more likely to get listeria from fruits and veggies (like the cantelope and spinach within the last few years). I don't worry much about it and don't heat my meat

DawnLilly · October 2014

@Honeydewchestnut‌ the irony in what you said is amazing. I just had a whole wheat wrap I made at home with turkey and ham lunch meat, spinach, cheese, and Ceasar dressing. I also had a couple slices of cantaloupe. I am doomed lol. Sometimes I think I must be terrible. I know it should be just fricken fine but I never think of the "is it safe" until its already gone.

spoodry · October 2014

Look at it this way, listeria can make you seriously ill, have you ever got seriously ill from a turkey sandwich? This rule I believe is a little overboard, but I would suggest exercising caution from your source of lunch meat. If you look around and the deli isn't the neatest, avoid it, that goes for large chains too. I'm a food scientist by occupation and I had a sandwich for dinner last night, and I won't say listeria isn't a threat but so is getting struck by lightning.

kayluhranae · October 2014

NGL, I have been eating deli meat regularly since I got preg. My OB says that the threat of listeria is relatively remote. She is not concerned about it, so neither am I.

Would I eat deli meat from a sketchy looking deli? No. Would I have done that before I was preg? Nope.

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